czekanowski_skew: CzekanowskiSkew Niche Overlap Metric
In EcoSimR: Null Model Analysis for Ecological Data

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Takes a niche utilization matrix returns the skew of the Czekanowski pairwise niche overlap index.

1	czekanowski_skew(m = matrix(rpois(80, 1), nrow = 10))

`m`	a matrix of resource utilization values.

A large positive value for skewness implies that there are more species pairs with high than low niche overlap. A large negative value for skewness implies there are more species pairs with low than high niche overlap. The performance of this algorithm has not been thoroughly tested with real data sets.

Returns the skewness of the average pairwise niche overlap.

The resource utilization matrix (rows = species, columns = discrete resource categories) may include zeroes, but no negative numbers or missing values. Relative resource within a species is first calculated, so the rows need not sum to 1.0.

Winemiller, K.O. and E.R. Pianka. 1990. Organization in natural assemblages of desert lizards and tropical fishes. Ecological Monographs 60: 27-55.

czekanowski niche overlap index.